Creamy Squash Soup Recipe

I may have mentioned, maybe once or twice how much I love the fall. One of the reasons is all the delicious food I get to make/eat!! Squash soup is one of my favs. Enjoy!



Creamy Squash Soup Recipe : Paula Deen : Food Network: "Ingredients
2 pounds butternut squash, halved, peeled, seeded, and cut into 1-inch pieces
1 1/2 cups diced onion
2 carrots, peeled and diced
3 (13 3/4-ounce) cans chicken broth
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup light cream or heavy cream
Sour cream, for garnish
Directions
In a medium saucepan, combine squash, onion, carrots, broth and salt. Simmer, uncovered, until squash is very tender, about 40 minutes. Puree soup in a blender or food processor with the butter. Whisk cream into soup. Serve in wide, shallow bowls with a dollop of sour cream, if desired."

Happy Fall!

Fall is my very favorite season. I love the warm days and chilly nights, snuggling up in blankets and drinking hot chocolate. I love football and soccer and breathing in the crisp air. I love harvesting and preserving, other people doing the harvesting and preserving not me! The super yummy squash soup my husband makes. Persimmon pudding and apple dumplings. I love making my gourmet carmel apple plates for friends and family. I love the leaves changing to all the beautiful hues of yellow, orange and red. I love pumpkin milkshakes, people who ever grew up with an Arctic Circle know what I am talking about, and hay rides. I love corn mazes, pumpkin patches, haunted houses and taking my kids out on Halloween.

I love, love, love the Fall.

Happy Fall everyone!

Whats been going on??

Well, I can not keep up with my blog! Too much going on and I just never seem to have the time to sit and write about it. Nate is now in 1st grade, and Ella in preschool. We have soccer, flag football and soon dance. Between all of that we work and then there is homework, chores and various other ongoings. I am tired but it is so much fun watching the kids grow. Every Friday night is family dinner and a movie night at home. The rule is one movie and both Nate and Ella have to agree on it, and the only candy is m&ms for in our popcorn.(so yummy for all you doubters try it I dare you!) I love this little tradition. We will probably have to change it to Saturday as the kids get older and Friday nights are for games or what ever but I feel like it is really important to our family. It is a great way to spend time and talk with our kids. For instance Nate is now questioning family dynamics. A little play friend that lives down the street has divorced parents as do many, myself included. He comes home one day after going to see if the little boy could play(he was told no that the boy was at his dad's for the weekend)and tells me that Tim and I could not break up because he just wouldn't like going from house to house! IF it were to happen, the "break up", he would live with me and visit Tim and he would do it but really,really not like it! So we can never, never break up! I really,really need a handbook or manual on how to respond to some of this stuff.

Ella's Camp Face

Love my Nate

Nate at Soccer